my favorite episode so far! i love episodes where ash and pikachus friendship and bond are brought to the forefront. this whole series (aim to be a pokemon master) is incredible, and i love the highlighting of the concept that being a pokemon master has nothing to do with how well you can battle, but rather how you connect to the pokemon around you, how you understand their point of view and how close the bonds you form are. so excited for the next episodes and will be tremendously sad to see ash go :(